Jerusalem vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jerusalem	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2114	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5127	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$1224	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$2310	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2561	$686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	38 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	78	61
😀 Quality of life	85	67
🏙️ Population	936K	1.99M

The cost of living in Jerusalem is 191% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 1551st and 6769th ($2114 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Israel and Belarus, respectively. Check Israel vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Jerusalem compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Jerusalem ranked 4th best city to live in Israel vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 374th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jerusalem vs Minsk

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	Jerusalem	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$22.2	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$84.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.98	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$4.27	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.67	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1380	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$980	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2752	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1903	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.8	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13235	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8778	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.69	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.5	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.5	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.94	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.99	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.82	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.12	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.96	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.4	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$100	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$124	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$878	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17799	$10220

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Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850